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Physical Description:
wood (overall material)
fabric (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 1 1/4 in x 25 3/8 in x 5 in; 3.175 cm x 64.4525 cm x 12.7 cm
overall: 25 in x 5 in; 63.5 cm x 12.7 cm
Object Name:
Crutch, Patent Model
crutch, patent model
Place Made:
United States: Massachusetts, Wakefield
Date made:
1862
Description:
Patent model for Joshua Whittemore, “Improvement in Crutches,” U.S. Patent 36,743 (Oct. 21, 1862). Joshua Whittemore (b. 1814) was a Bostonian who moved to South Reading (now Wakefield) in 1849, lost a leg in a railroad accident, and designed a spring crutch. He displayed a patent elastic crutch at the 1874 exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association and took home a bronze medal.
Location:
Currently not on view
Subject:
Disabilities  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of The American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine thru Mr. Creston Herold
ID Number:
MG.309032.06
Accession number:
309032
1974.309032
Catalog number:
1974.309032.06
Patent number:
36,743
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
Health & Medicine
Disabilities
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-e1f7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_211015